Grass-seeder.



No. 659,688; Patented Oct. l6, I900.

N. MOPHERSDN.

GRASS. SEEDEB.

(Application filed July 23, 1900.

(N0 Modal.)

lJNTTn STATES FFICE.

NELSON MCPHERSON, OF SILVERDALE STATION, CANADA.

GRASS-SEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,688, dated October16, 1900.

Application filed July 2 S 19 00,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON MOPHERSON, farmer, of Silverdale Station, inthe county of Lincoln, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grass-Seeders, of which thefollowing is a specification, this invention having been patented inCanada June 22, 1900, No. 67,838.

My invention relates to improvements in grass-seeders; and the object ofthe invention is to devise a simple and efficient means whereby grass orother seed which is to be sown broadcast may be sown quickly andefficiently and evenly; and it consists, essentially,of a tube providedwith a funnel-shaped end, which is adapted to fit in the seed-bag, suchfunnel-shaped end extending into the tube and being provided with afeed-regulating gate, the opposite or sowing end of the tube beingprovided with deflecting-fingers extending inwardly at an angle into thetube, such fingers being stamped or formed out of the tube and leavingperforations therein and the parts being otherwise constructed andarranged in detail, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application of myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the tube itself. Fig. 3 is adetail of the funnel-shaped end which fits within the tube. Fig. 4 isadetail of the sleeve on the end of the tube in which is formed thedeflecting or spraying fingers.

- In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the bag, which contains the grass, timothy, or other seed which itis desired to sow. The bag A has a hole a at the lower corner, throughwhich extends the tube B. The funnel-shaped end 0 fits within the cornerof the bag, and the tubular end of the funnel C fits within the tube B,so that the tube is close to the hole. The inner end of the tube 0 ofthe funnel-shaped end C is closed by a plate 0', having asubstantially-sectoral opening 0 A rotatable plate 0 having a similaropening c, is provided, which is secured to the plate 0 by a bolt andnut c and c respectively. When the openings 0 and c are opposite to eachother, a maximum quantity of grass-seed is permitted to fall toward thedis- $erial No. 24,555. (No model.)

charge end of the tube, but by adjusting the nut and bolts 0 and 0 so asto loosen the plate 0 such plate may be adjusted so as to reduce thesize of the opening, and thereby limit the quantity of seed passingthrough the openings 0 and 0 toward the discharge end. The tubular endof the funnel-shaped end 0 fits down into the tube 13, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 2. The opposite or discharge end of the tube B haspreferably secured to it a sleeve B, which is provided with a series ofdeflecting-fingers b, which extend inwardly on an incline, the basebeing nearer the entrance-mouth of the tube. These fingers, it will benoticed, are punched, stamped, or otherwise formed out of the body ofthe tube, leaving openings-b.

In operation the seed fed through the tube and controlled, ashereinbefore described, is thrown by the delivering-fingers in what maybe termed an even spray upon the ground to be seeded and necessarily ismuch more advantageous than sowing by hand from a bag where the seedwould be distributed most unevenly. Another great advantage is that onaccount of the length of the tube the area covered upon each swing ofthe tube as it is being moved from one side to the other is much greaterthan what can be effected by hand, and therefore a given area of groundcan be seeded in a much shorter time.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination with a seed-baghaving an opening at the bottom, of a tube extending through suchopening and provided at the discharge end with a series ofinwardly-exteudin g deflecting-fingers as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with the tube having a circle of deflecting-fingersextending inwardly into the tube at one end, of a funnel extendingoutwardly from the opposite end as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with the tube having a circle of deflecting-fingersextending inwardly into the tube at one end, of a funnel extendingoutwardly from the opposite end and having a tubular portion extendinginto a circle of deflecting-fingers extending inwardly into the tube atone end, of a funnel extending outwardly from the opposite end andhaving a tubular portion extending into the feed end of the tubeprovided with a closing-plate having an opening in the same and asupplemental plate having a similar-sized opening to the closing-plateand rotatably held on same and clamped in position by a bolt and nut asand for the purpose specified.

5. A seeder comprising a tube havinga series of inwardly-deflectingfingers extending into the tube and having the points of the fingersforward of the base and arranged in a circle as and for the purposespecified.

6. A seeder comprising a tube having a'series of inwardly-deflectingfingersextending into the tube and having the points of the fingersforward of the base and arranged in a'circle, such fingers being formedorstamped out of the tube as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with the tube having a circle of deflecting-fingersextending inwardly ipto the tube at one end, of a funnel extendingoutwardly from the opposite end and having a tubular portion extendinginto the feed end of the tube provided with a closing-plate having anopening in the same and a supplemental plate having a similar-sizedopening to the closing-plate and rotatably held on same'as and for thepurpose specified.

NELSON MCPHERSON. Witnesses:

A. W. MoPHERsoN, E. A. MoPHERsoN.

